Plant pot or holder.



Patented Aug.. I2, i902.

H. HART.

PLANT PUT UR HOLDER (Application led Dec. 3, 1901..)

(No Model.)

BY `a` ATTORNEYS UNITED Srarns HENRY HART, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

PLANT POT OR HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,821, dated August 12, 1902. Application filed December s, 1901. serial No. 84,523. (N model.)

the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ilant Pots or Holders, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this, invention is to provide an improved plant pot or holder which is so constructed as to facilitate the watering` of the plants and in which rich earth or fertilizing material may be employed without producing offensive odors; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in a pot or holder for plants or iowers constructed as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, Figure l is a sectional side elevation of a plantholder; Fig. 2, a similar view showing a modiiication, and Fig. 3 a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l.

In the practice of my invention, reference being made to Fig. l, I provide a receptacle a, which is preferably tub-shaped in form and which is also preferably composed of wood, and this receptacle is provided with a transverse partition o2, below which is a space or chamber a3, adapted to receive a drawer b, said drawer b being provided at one side with a knob or handle b2, which is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and said drawer is also preferably provided with a lining b3, of any suitable metal, which is preferably galvanized to prevent corrosion or rust. The upper portion of the receptacle a is also provided with a supplemental tub or receptacle c, which fits tightly therein and which is also preferably composed of galvanized metal or other material which will not corrode or be injuriously affected by water `or other liquids, and the bottom of this tub or receptacle c is perforated, as shown at cand corresponding pei forations or openings aJL are formed in the partition a2 of the receptacle d. The tub or receptacle c is provided with a transverse partition c3, whereby a chamber or space cLL is formed between said partition c3 and the bottom of the tub or receptacle c, and this chamber or space in practice is iilled with iinelydivided charcoal, and the tub or receptacle c, above the partition c3, is filled with rich earth, which may be partially composed 0f manure or any suitable fertilizing material, as shown at c5. Fixed centrally in the tub or receptacle c and secured therein hy radial side arms d is a central post e, said side arms being secured to the tub or receptacle c and to said post by means of angular end eXtensions, the end extensions of said arms which are secured to said post being directed upwardly, while those that are secured to the walls or" the tub or receptacle c are directed downwardly, as shown in the drawings. rlhe post e is provided at its upper end with radial arms e2, two of which are shown in Fig. 1, but four of which are preferably employed, and resting on these arms and on said post is areceptacle f, composed ofgalvanized iron or other metal which will not corrode or be injuriously affected by liquids, and the bottom f2 of this receptacle is provided with perforations or tubular openings f3, and placed therein at a predetermined distance above the bottom is a perforated partition f4, between which and the bottomfzis aspace or chamber f 5, lled with nely-dividedcharcoal, and the receptacle f above the perforated partition f* is filled with rich earth, as shown atf, and this rich earth may'consi'st partially of manure or fertilizing material, if desired. The receptaclef is inclosed bya casin g g, which may be composed of wood, bark, orany suitable material, and below thi'sis a conical casing g2, of similar inaterial,which is perforated,as shown at g3, and a tubular casing g4 incloses the post e and is connected with the bottom orapex of the conical casing g2, said tubular casing g4 being also composed of wood or bark or of any suitable material. The tu-bular casing g4 is provided with open receptacles g5, which are secured thereto in any desired manner and in which are also placed rich earths, and the tub or receptacle c, the receptacle f, and the receptacles g5 are each and all designed to hold plants or flowers, as shown in Fig. l. A

tube g is also preferably connected withthe IOO bottom of the receptaclef and passes down through the tubular casing g4, adjacent to the post e, and through the partition a2 in the receptacle a, and by means of this construction water poured into the top receptacle f will permeate the earth therein, and some of it will pass-throu gh the partition f4 and through the charcoal and through the bottom f2 of the receptacle f. A part of the water which passes through the bottom f2 of the receptacle f will pass through the perforations g3 in the conical casing g2 and will flow down the outside of the tubular casing g4 into the receptacles g5, and some of this water will also flow downwardly into the receptacle or tub c. A part of the water which passes through the bottom f2 of the receptaclefwill also pass downwardly through the tubular casing g4 into the tub or receptacle c, and a portion of the water from the receptacle f will pass down through the tube Q6 into the drawer b. By means of this construction the earth c5 in the receptacle or tub c will also be kept moist, and the water therein will permeate the said earth and flow through the charcoal between the partition cS and the bottom of the tub or receptacle c, and said water will flow through the openings a3 in the partition a2 of the receptacle a of the drawer b. The passage of the water through the charcoal in the bottom of the receptacle f and in the bottom of the tub or receptacle c will purify such water, and this charcoal operates to remove all odors which would otherwise be occasioned by the manure or fertilizing material in the receptacles f, c, and g5, and the water which iiows into the drawer b may be again used, as will be readily understood.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a modification of the construction shown in Fig. 1, which comprises a base-receptacle h, in which is placed a drawer h2, lined, as shown at h3, with galvanized metal or any otherk suitable material, and in the top of the receptacle 72 is placed a conical member h4, the apex or smaller portion of which is directed downwardly and the upper portion of which is cylindrical in form, and secured in the top of the receptacle h and above the receptacle h'L is placed a tub e', having a bottom 2, provided with openings 3, and within this tub t', which is composed of wood, bark, or similar material, is a supplemental tub j, composed of wood and prov vided with a bottom j2, which is perforated to correspond with the perforations 3 in the bottom of the tub t', and within the supplemental tub j is placed a metal casing 7c, similar in form, and the bottom of which is perforated, as shown at k2, which perforations correspond with those in the bottom of the tubj and in the bottom of the tub t', and said tub la is provided with a perforated partition 7c3, between which and the bottom thereof is a space or chamber 7a4, designed to receive Iinely-divided charcoal, and in practice rich earths or other material are placed in the tub 7c,and plants or iiowers are also placed therein.

The parts of this device may be composed of any desired material; but in practice the outer portion or the visible portions are preferably composed `of or covered with bark,

while the parts in which the earth or earths 'this construction water when poured into the tub 7c or into the earths, which are first placed therein, passes downwardly through the partition 7c3 and through the charcoal in the chamber 7a4 and through the bottoms of the tubs 76,3', and t' and into the drawer h2, and in this respect the operation is the same as with the construction shown in Fig. l.

It is a well-known fact that plants watered in pots or jardiniers in the usual manner are often killed by the water which remains in the bottom of the pot or jardinier,which sours, thus destroying the life-giving quality of the earth or earths and also rots the roots of the plants; but by means of my improved con struction the surplus Water does not remain in the bottom of the plant-holder, but passes out and is finally received by the drawer in the bottom of the bottom tub or receptacle, and this constitutes one of the chief features of my invention. y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A plant or flower holder comprising a tub or receptacle having a drawer in the bottom thereof, a supplemental tub or receptacle placed thereinover said drawer, and provided with a transverse perforated partition and a perforated bottom, a post secured in said supplemental tub or receptacle, and a top tub or receptacle secured on the top of said post and provided with a transverse perforated partition, and a perforated bottom, the bottom of said last-named tub or receptacle being provided with a casing, the bottom of which is IOO IIO

conical in form and perforated and a tubular i casing connected with the bottom of said casing, and inclosing said post, substantially as shown and described.

2. A plant or flower holder comprising a tub or receptacle having a drawer in the bottom thereof, a supplemental tub or receptacle placed therein over said drawer, and provided with a transverse perforated partition and a perforated bottom, a post secured in said supplemental tub or receptacle and a top tub or receptacle secured on the top of said post and provided with a transverse perforated partition, and a perforated bottom, the bottom of said last-named tub or receptacle being provided with a casing, the bottom of which is conical in form and perforated and a tubular casing connected with the bottom of said casing, and inclosing said post, said tubular casing being provided with side receptacles which are secured thereto, substantially as shown and described.

3. A plant or flower holder comprising a tub or receptacle having a drawer in the bottom thereof, a supplemental tub or receptacle placed therein oversaid drawer, and pro vided with a transverse perforated partition and a perforated bottom, a post secured in said snpplemental tub or receptacle and a top tub or receptacle secured on the top of said post and provided with a transverse perforated partition, and a perforated bottom, the bottom of said last-named tub or receptacle being provided with a casing, the bottom of which is conical in form and perforated and a tubulary casing connected with the bottom of said casing, and inclosing said post, said tubular casing being provided with side receptacles which are secured thereto,and a tube connected with the bottom of the top tub or receptacle and extending downwardly adjacent to said post, through said tubular casing and communicatingwith the drawer in the bottom of the first-named receptacle, substantially as shown and described.

4. A plant or flower holder comprising a receptacle having a drawerin the bottom thereof, a perforated partition above said drawer, a tub placed over said perforated partition and provided with a perforated bottom, said HENRY HART.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. KAVANAGH, THEODORE I-IADEL. 

